Payton Conlin is pursuing her master’s degree in creative writing from Emerson College. She has won several writing awards, including the Horatio Alger State Scholarship, Lenore M. Tunnell Memorial Tuition Scholarship in English, and Allan L. Carter and Olga Meloy Carter Memorial Award. She freelances as a writer of novel-focused study guides and teaches first-year writing at Emerson College. Her work has been featured in the Harbinger, Texas Tech University’s literary journal.
“No, not that button. You gotta click the one that says, ‘Stop video.’ Bottom left.” “Yours says ‘Stop’ because your video’s on. He needs to push ‘Start video,’ and it’ll turn on.” You say nothing. You scan the other boxes on the video call, trying to match the names and unfamiliar faces to what you […]
